http://www.dslreports.com/forum/Green-ATA-Unlocking-Vonage-Cisco-ATA186s-22909555 en Sat, 11 Feb 2012 04:50:55 EDT Sat, 11 Feb 2012 04:50:55 EDT http://www.dslreports.com/forum/Re-Green-ATA-Unlocking-Vonage-Cisco-ATA186s-22913237 I too have one that is still locked for Vonage, but I wouldn't spend $25 to get it unlocked.]]> http://www.dslreports.com/forum/Re-Green-ATA-Unlocking-Vonage-Cisco-ATA186s-22913237 Sun, 23 Aug 2009 20:10:01 EDT http://www.dslreports.com/forum/Re-Green-ATA-Unlocking-Vonage-Cisco-ATA186s-22909762 http://www.dslreports.com/forum/Re-Green-ATA-Unlocking-Vonage-Cisco-ATA186s-22909762 Sat, 22 Aug 2009 19:22:28 EDT http://www.dslreports.com/forum/Green-ATA-Unlocking-Vonage-Cisco-ATA186s-22909555
It seemed like a raw waste to not be able to utilize the these ATA 186s.

I spent several days trying to brute force the passwords to no avail (I don't even think bruting is an option with the firmware versions I have).

After much googling I stumbled on the solution:

»puck.nether.net/~jared/voip.html···o_ata186

Basically he rips the FLASH chip off the circuit board and reads the password using a separate FLASH reader!

Funny thing is I actually know Jared personally and he unlocked my two ATAs in a jiffy (took less than a week round-trip)...my situation was even more complicated as he had the soldered FLASH instead of the socketed, so expect to pay a bit more if this is your situation.

Feels good to not be tossing perfectly good hardware in the trash.

Two thumbs up for Jared!!
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Lawrence Baldwin
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